Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 June 1937

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 137. Vol. XCV. MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 43 1 ON JUNE 26 Hollywood, June 13. Mary Pickford’s marriage to Buddy Rogers will take place in a private home it Los Angeles on June 26. It will be a simple, outdoor ceremonv. The honeymoon will be spent at Honolulu.
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  • 156 1 —Reuter. Had Planned To Murder Leading Communists Moscow—The fact that the executed Rid Army leaders planned to murder the dcrs of the Communist Party and the Government is revealed in a special message to the Red Army issued by the Minis- :< j tor Defence M. Vonshiloff.
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  • 179 1 More Try-Guls At Tanjoug Bungah Penang Chinese swimmers held more try-outs at Tanjong Bungah yesterday, in preparation for the forthcoming All-Malaya Chinese Olympics to be held in Singapore at the end of next month. Heats were swum for the men’s 50 metres free style. IQO metres back
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  • 56 1 —Reuter. Unrest Spreads To Bethlehem Mines Washington, June 14. —The Chairman of the Committee of Industrial Organisation, 'Mr. John L. Lewis, has called a strike of F5OO of his followers in 17 mines owned by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and the Youngstown Sheet Company, thus aggravarmg the already
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  • 46 1 Reuter. Japanese Vessels Arrested Darwin —The patrol boat Larrakia arrested two Japanese pearling vessels in Australian territorial waters one of which wag a 240-ton schooner carrying £22,000 worth of pearl shell. They are now being escorted 300 miles to Darwin. The penalty is confiscation.
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  • 48 1 Chartered Bank Team To Meet E.S.C. The following will represent the Chartered Bank Recreation Party at soccer against the Eastern Smelting Club at the Renong Ground, Penang tomorrow: —MamHm- D-u*. Fwa Koo<- Sen" H’l.at. Kam Tiong, Kuder; Sonu, Kim Lee, ilarlappa n Kee Lin, Madei and Mydin.
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  • 150 1 Reuter. EXTERMINATION OF A PROVINCE Beleaguered Bilbao To Be Defended To Last Ditch Bilbao, June 14. —President Aguirre has sent a maniiesto to Great Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet and twenty other governments denouncing the Fascist Italian, German and Moorish invasion of
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  • 310 1 In Taiping Robbery GASES POSTPONED TO JUNE 21 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. June 14. A. H. Cunard, an unemployed Indian, and P. Marimuttu, until recently Senior Clerk employed in the Taiping Post Office, who were arrested yesterday in connection with the robbery of $56,000 from the Post
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  • 114 1 REFUSED ADMITTANCE TU NETHERLANDS INDIES (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 13. According to lhe Bataviaasch Nieuwshlad. Jawaharlal Nehru intended visiting Netherlands India and especially the East •east of Sumatra, where the large British Indian communities, which intei est him. '.anted to compare labour conditions at Deli. Sumatra,
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  • 84 1 British tireless. Further Substantial Grants During May the Commissioner for Special Areas of England and Wales promised further substantial grants to local authoritier in depressed areas towards the cost of schemes urgently necessary on grounds of public health. The Commissioner's total commitments at the end of May were
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  • 32 1 In the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Justice Gordon Smith sat to fix the cases for June and afterwards adjourned to Chambers to hear a long list of summonses, etc.
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  • 175 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. (By phone). At today’s meeting of 'he Legislative Council, His Excellency the Governor made an importan statement regarding the ‘hrowing open of posts in the technical departments to the people of this country, irrespective of race. He was replying to a
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  • 15 1 —Reuter. Khartoum—Miss Parhart resumed her at 8.4.2 a.in., G.M.T., on her to Aden.-
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    35 1 who icon both his singles and doubles matches in the Senior badminton tournament at the- Penang Free School Hall during the week-end. He was partnered in the doubles by Chew Peng Wah.
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  • 180 1 Crop Of Rumours Front The North Shanghai—The Kwantung Army, according to Chinese reports, perturbed by the p»-o-Chinese revolt in North Chahar has <i< -patched troops to quell the rising. Some have already arrived at the towns at Kangpao. Paochang and Changpei. Prince Teh is stated to have received
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  • 96 1 Shell Pays 2 1/2 Per Cent. More Increased dividends are announced by the “Shell” Transport and Trading Co., and the Royal Dutch Co. “Shell” is paying a final of 12*6 per cent., making 20 per cent., tax free, for 1936, which compares with per cent., tax free,
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  • 106 1 —Reuter. At Lord’s: New Zealand 225 for five against Middlesex. At the Oval: Surrey 487 for four (Sandham 239, Gregory 154) against GlamorganAt Brentwood’: Essex 212 (Goddard 7 for 84) against Gloucester 110 for two. At Horsham: Derby 342 (Worthington 90) against Sussex 43 for no wickets. At
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  • 36 1 —Reuter. The Rev -Jardire. who conducted th<wedding o* V- T riu’ Pitches cf Wind sor. has announced his resignation from '(-<• o. pppVcj. Darb'ngton. He said the iesignatioa had acdung uu vh.«.h recent events-
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  • 244 1 FROM JULY 1 With a view to meeting the higher cost of living in Penang and also to avoid com petition in their business, about 50 Kheng chiu coffee shop owners met at the Penang Cafe Association, Muntri Street, on Saturday, to discuss the fixing
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  • 31 1 Reuter. London, June Uf. Sir James Bdrrie is seriously ill in a London nursing home. Relatives are constantly at his bed-side,. Considerable anxiety was felt over-night.—
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  • 104 1 DEMAND FOR INCREASE OF’ SIXTY PER CENT. Following the success of the demands by the Penang Chinese dhobies, over 150 employees of goldsmiths’ shops in Penang held a meeting at the Heng Wo Hong (an association of goldsmiths' shop proprietors and employees), Rope Walk, yesterday, and decided to
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  • 45 1 In Jungle Cave Manila., June I'4. A Philippine sergeant today surprised and captured, single-handed, the headhunter, Boli, in a jungle cave. Buli resisted until his supply of arrows was exhausted. He then rushed the sergeant who felled him with his rifle-butt.
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  • 83 1 Reuter. Simla. June 13- After a temporary retreat to the base camp at the end of last, monih owing to heavy snowfalls, the Gern an Himalayan Expedition following practically the same route as in 1934 occupied Camp No. 4 on June 6, says Dr. Karlwien writing
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  • 300 2 MOVABLE SCHOOLS A THEATRE ON A BUS A bright green double-decker bus was seen in Shanghai last week, in various parts of Chinese territory, usually surrounded by a curious crowd. It is a new device adopted by the Chingkiang Mass Education Bureau for educational purposes. It
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  • 57 2 Karachi. Seven persons were injured as a result of a fracas between Sindhi Moslems and Pathans last week. It is reported that some* Moslems wanted to take their camels through the Kharadar Main"Bazar to which the objected. This led to an altercation followed by a free fight. Nine
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  • 26 2 BY THE SCORE—Firemen from 21 nations were in Norfolk recently to watch the annual comp with their impressive array of decorations.
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  • 716 2 NEW AMBASSADOR’S FIRST SPEECH Plea For Wider Understanding At a banquet given by the German-English Society in Berlin—the German equivalent of the Anglo-German Fellowship—hi honour of the New British Ambassador, Sir Nevile Henderson, speeches upon the poliJcT relaticmhip between Britan and Germany were
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  • 168 2 Nanking Orders Study To Be Made Nanking. A study of ancient Chinese musical instruments handed down from the Chou Dynasty (1.122-756 8.C.) is being made by a special committee appointed l by the Ministry of the Interior. At present, there are no less than 300 different types
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  • 211 2 Son Creates Scene At XS edding Ceremony Shanghai. The domestic tables were turned in Shanghai when an outraged son created a scene at his father’s second wedding and demanded that the wording of the marriage certificate be changed or he would l take steps to have the
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  • 243 2 THEY NOW COST £lOO EACH HARD TO GET New York. The price of the world’s most expensive hairbrushes has now risen from £5O to £loo and even at that price the brushes are almost impossible to obtain. The campaign being waged in U.S.S.R. to teach Siberian peasants
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  • 369 2 GOLDEN CARPET AT 20s. A YARD In a room at the Office of Works London, a staff of men and women are dealing with the many thousands <: ;-pp?ic .-.:x for Coronation souvenirs. All the blue-and-gold trimmed cnairs and stools from Westminster Abbey have been allotted—mostly to
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  • 353 3 After Two Days Of Fierce Fighting CITY HEAVILY BOMBARDED BY NATIONALIST PLANES AKTER two days of some of the fiercest fighting in the war the insurgents penetrated Bilbao’s Iron Ring. This consists of fortifications running in a rough circle seven miles from Bilbao along the
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  • 114 3 .—Reuter. NO EYE-WITNESSES ALLOWED Moscow', June 12. Eight generals were executed, according an official announcement. No details ,<-rr given as to the manner and place execution. No eye-witnesses or relatives were allowed. It is believed the dies were cremated after execution. Earlier messages stated that the
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  • 82 3 Reuter. DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO PIT HIS HANDS London, June 13. Mr. Stanley Baldwin, sponsored by Lord ndonderry and Lord Derby, took his seat the House of Lords, which was full. He uked a trifle uncomfortable in txs crimson -i.be and seemed uncertain where
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  • 150 3 .—Reuter Wireless. Cheered By Large Crowds London, June 13. The King and Queen made a State entry into Windsor this afternoon. They drove from Buckingham Palace to Eton where Their Majesties were received by the Provost, Lord Hugh Cecil, and the Fellows. After presentations the
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  • 44 3 London, June 13. The following is J resul; of the byelectron at Buckinghar.. due tc e elevation to the peerage of Sir George Bowyer. Major J. P. Whitely (Cons 17,919; Colonel J. V. Dclahaye Labour) 12.820; Mr. E. J. Boyce (Liberal) 3,348.
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  • 407 3 44 Malicious Statement Peiping, June 12. A N indignant reply to Geneva drug charges against the Japanese. partiA cularlv to Russell Pasha’s statement that Japanese soldiers were beoming drug addicts was made by Mr.Kato, First Secretary of the Japanese lle sJhl. "J am
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  • 123 3 Reuter. DEFENDANT OFFERS APOLOGIES London, June 13. Mr. Ernest Simpson’s counsel said that the circumstances of Mrs. Simpson’s divorce petition had become the subject of irresponsible gossip and a rumour had been spread that a sum of money had been accepted by Mr. Simpson as a price
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  • 106 3 Reuter. “SHOULD NOT BE DISCOURAGED” Washington. June 13. Those who want more United States cooperation with foreign countries should not discourage an Anglo-American trade pact. Such was the authoritative view alter the discouraging impression produced Ly the news of a resolution concerning economic internationalisation in connection with
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  • 436 3 the ideal of physical fitness.—British Wireless. Permanent Trade Facilities For British Exporters RESOLUTION PASSED IN COMMONS London June 13. The House of Commons fulfilled today an unusually heavy programme of business for a Friday. Three financial resolutions were passed, the first of which related to extension
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  • 139 3 to spend the day with them. —British Wireless. KING’S INTENTION TO ATTEND Lc-ndon. June 08. It is understood that it is the King’s intention, if state duties permit, to visit the seaside camp at Southwold, Suffolk, which he himself founded as Duke of York, and which
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  • 120 3 Reuter. Peiping, June 13. Chinese reports from Ping ti-chuan state that the popular revolt against Manchukuo control of North Chahar is spreading Four thousand aimed ’’rebels” commanded by Li-Ying captured a number of villages to the south of Ku-yuan, on the border of Chahar and Jehol
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  • 32 3 —Reuter. Mr. F. T. Sung the Chinese Consul-Gene-ral at Batavia arrived to submit his report to Chiang Kai-shek on the consular and Kuomintang affairs in the Netherlands East Indies.
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  • 243 4 $56,000 Missing: Numbers Circulated (Prom Our Own Correspondent). Taiping, June 12. The mysterious disappearance of a large amount of cash from the strongroom of Taiping Post Office was discovered this morning when the Post Office o ab usual. The amount, in the neighbourhood of
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  • 291 4 Sequel To Serious Car Crash (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 12. An echo of a car crash on the Klang Road towards the end of April, in which a young Australian girl, who was visiting Malaya, was badly hurt, was heard in the third Kuala Lumpur
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  • 70 4 Mr. Teo Shook Nai, former editor of the Sin Kuo Min, one of the five Chinese newspapers in Singapore, who relinquished his pout on account of illness, is reported to have fully recovered and to be sailing for China soon* to join the Government service. Mr.
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  • 71 4 Miss E. Randall B.Sc. will be the speaker at Wednesday’s meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club. She will give an address on “Some aspects of the League of Nations.’’ Miss Randall was formerly lecturer in acience at the Hull Municipal Training College. She has been
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  • 28 4 Singapore Rotary Club meeting on June 30 will be a dinner meeting, to celebrate the handing over of office from President Schaub to President Stone.
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  • 462 4 KALLANG AIRPORT OPENED (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 12. “What Port Said is to shipping, so I believe will Singapore be to the air,” declared the Governor Sir Shenton Thomas, when opening the new $9,000,000 Singapore Airport at Kallang this afternoon. In perfect weather,
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  • 70 4 Siamese Students Warned Of Two Pitfalls (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, June 12. The Minister for Defence, who is also the Rector of Chulalongkorn University, in an address to students of both sexes at the opening of the new term, advised them against permitting any love interest
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  • 157 4 JAPANESE ACTIVITIES DEMORALISING NATION Singapore, June 12. “The Japanese are still seriously troubling us in v ;a. especially in the nor h. tv flooding the country with opium, heroin and morphia. This smuggling is demoralising the nation, and only the infinite patience of a nation which
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  • 93 4 Indian Finn’s Property In Abyssinia Bombay. Mr. Ghoolamali Rangoonwala, manager of the Djibuti branch of Messrs. Mahomed Ali and Company of Addis Ababa, arrived here by the s.s. Strathnaver. Interviewed, Mr. Rangoonwala said that his company had goods and property worth Rs. 50 lakhs in Abyssinia
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    9 4 DESIGN ED TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION
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  • 419 4 FIRM’S MANAGER FINED 1 $5O j A fine of $5O was imposed by Mr. H. A. Forrer. in the Criminal District Court, Singapore on Mr. W.A. Rollinson, manager Australian Primary Producers, who appeared on a summons. It was alleged in the summons that on May 8. Mr. Rollinson
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  • 89 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, June 12. A fatal motor accident occurred late yesterday afternoon when a lorry, coming tc Taiping, collided with a cyclist, a Chinese cook. He was going in the opposite direction at Kamunting 3 J miles from Taiping. The cyclist was picked
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  • 103 4 The charge of causing hurt to an unknown Chinese by rash and negligent driving at the junction of Orchard Road and Clemenceau Avenue, on May 13, originally preferred against a European, C. A. Ross, of Messrs. Henry Waugh and Co., was amended to one of causing
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  • 824 5 PARTY SHOULD A CHF ACCEPT OFFICE Views Of United Provinees Premier «THE RE is no difference between the Governor demanding resignation from his Ministers and dismissing them.” This opinion was expressed by the Nawab of Chhatari, (Premier of the U. P.). in a Press interview
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  • 282 5 FUTURE OF SIR C. V. RAMAN Bangalore. Inquiries regarding the reported decision of Sir C.V. Raman to sever his connection with the Indian Institute of Science, shew that the position is yet undecided, and the fine! decision rests with the Government of India. It is
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  • 174 5 Six-Year-Old Boy’s Death By Misadventure A death by misadventure verdict was returned by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. MacQuarrie, at the conclusion of the inquest on Joseph Bernard Feely, six-year-old son of Gunner Feeley, of the 11th AntiAircraft Battery, Royal Artillery, Changi. Little Bernard was the
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  • 26 5 The S. S. Government Gazette announced that Mr. A. da Silva, Secretary, College of Medicine, Singapore, has been dismissed from the public service.
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  • 82 5 New Waterway Opened In Dacca Dacca. Mr. H. R. Wilkinson, 1.C.5., Commissioner of Dacca Division, performed the opening ceremony of the khal at Nilokhi, in Narayanganj sub-division, recently excavated through voluntary labour. The khal which is a mile long will bring under cultivation about 6,000 bighas of land.
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  • 95 5 Question Of Selection Of News Editor Simla. The office of the High Commissioner for India in London has forwarded to the Government of India the names of those that are considered suitable for appointment as news editor of the All-India Radio from among candidates in London. Cases of
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  • 680 5 BENGAL LEADS IN INVENTIONS Bengal may claim India’s only woman inventor—Mrs. Romala Gupta, wife of a Government servant in Bombay. Mrs. Gupta who lives in Calcutta, though she will shortly leave to join her husband has for a considerable time devoted her attention to the improvement of
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  • 79 5 Gauhati, June 6. Owing to heavy thundershowers in the hills of Upper Assam districts during the last two weeks, the Brahmaputra has been rising daily. The river level to-day was 14 feet 5 inches against 10 feet 9 inches recorded yesterday. On May 30 the river recorded a
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  • 297 6 MALAYAN CHINESE NOT AFFECTED >"« ROM July 1 the long-discussed ban by the Nanking Government on I Chinese films not using Mandarin as the spoken word will l»e enforced. \I-|ayan Chinese, however, will continue to see Cantonese talkies produced in Jong Kong. The
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  • 292 6 Boilv Found Floating On Sea i I From Our Own Correspondent 1 > Butterworth. June 12. A verdict of “suicide" was returned by ?4r. S. T. Stewart, sitting as Coroner in he police court here today, at the conclusion of an inquest on the body of Goh
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  • 251 6 Report For May The Perak Flying Club report for May, 1937 states that the total flying time was higher than in April due to an increase in dual instruction and solo hours. Flying times would have been still higher but for the fact that joyriding was restricted
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  • 219 6 Navy Active In Local W aters Significance attaches to the surveying and recharting activities ot Navy vessels in Malaysian waters, for accurate charts are becoming increasingly important in the Far East strategic zone. Special attention is being paid to the West Coast of the Peninsula, notably Lumut,
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  • 359 7 Thousands Take Part In “Great Prayer” The annual observance of the Great Prayer in Lhasa, which lasts 20 days during the first month of the Tibetan year, has been commemorated with the customary pomp, which reached its climax on the fifteenth day, when special
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  • 649 7 AIRMAN’S PART IN AN ACTION AERIAL ATTACK ON TRIBESMEN Simla, June 2. THRILLING description of close aerial support-artion in Waziristan during the advance of the Waziristan Division from Sham Plain to Arsalkot, late headquarters of the Faqir of Ipi, is ■given by an
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  • 140 7 Cannons V\ ith Assamese Inscription Margherita (Assam). Two cannons, with inscriptions in Assamese and Urdu, have been found in the reserve forests of Upper Dehing seven miles from Margherita. A cultivator was tilling his land when his ploughshare came in contact with a hard substance. After digging, he
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  • 108 7 Plastic-Surgery Clinics In Shanghai Shanghai. June 3. With the opening of plastic-surgery clinics in Shanghai, scores of Chinese are having their faces and fortunes changed. The shape of the face, nose, eyes and mouth determine one’s future, according to an ancient Chinese belief. Prosperity or poverty
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  • 671 7 GERMANS’ NARROW ESCAPE CLIMBERS DRIVEN BACK TEMPORARY BASE CAMP MAY 28. THE German Himalayan Expedition to Nanya Pufrbat,, consistng of a team of sewn mountaineers and two scientists, left Bombay on May 1, and established their temporary base camp on the mountain, at an
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  • 105 7 Japanese Journalist’s Views Nanking. Chinese girls get married too early, thus depriving themselves of the opportunity to render active service to society, declared Miss Ishiwara, a Japanese journalist, who is studying the feminist movement in China. Chinese girls, she said, generally become house-wives soon after they
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  • 767 8 JY\ a period of general unrest in markets the International Tin Committee’s announcement that the international release for the Julv-Septem-ber quarter will remain at 110 per cent, of standard tonnage conies as a reminder that in the case of tin at least there exists a comparative degree of
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  • 125 8 Meeting On June 28 The fourteenth annual general meeting of the Old Frees’ Association will be held at the Association premises, 156, Hutton Lane, Penang, on Monday, June 28, 1937, at 5.30 p.m. AGENDA To receive and confirm the minutes of the last annual general meeting held
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  • 92 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, June 13. A double murder occurred this morning on Kota Tampan Estate, Upper Perak when a Tamil is alleged to have caused the death of his 30-year-old wife by stabbeing her in the abdomen and also inflicting a deep gash in
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  • 24 8 Reuter. Prague. June 13. In the semi-final of the Davis Cun Com petition Czecho-Slovakia meat Yugo—Slavia y 3 matches v o nil.
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  • 657 8 Towards Nationalising Medicine Record Shark Catch In Praise Of The Hot Towel r ZpHE first step towards the nationalisation of medicine has just been taken by the Tasmanian Government by its decision to appoint ten doctors to give medical service to rich and poor alike without payment
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  • 310 8 Mrs. Hilda Perera Of G.E.S., Tapah (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 14. The death took place yesterday at the Ipoh hospital of Mrs. Hilda Perera of the staff of the Government English School, Tapah, following a brief illness. The deceased lady was a teacher
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  • 115 8 B.R.C. Beat B.M. High School (From Our Own Correspondtent) Butterworth, June 13. In a two-innings cricket match played here today, the Butterworth Recreation Club defeated the Bukit Mertajam Hlgi School by ten wickets. The school knocked up 51 runs to the Club’s 121 runs in the first
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  • 121 8 Europeans And The Rest Draw Again (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 13. The Clarke Cup re-play between the Bofropeans and) the Rest was drawn. The Rest, batting first yesterday, were out for 220, a ninth wicket partnership between Sabapathy (77 not out) and d’Almeida (45» yielding
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  • 1136 9 u No Excuse For Anyone Of Military Age To Hold Back” —MAJ.-GEN. DOBBIE MEN BEING TRAINED FOR TASKS IN CASE OF WAR “J am of opinion that anyone of military age who holds back from taking a €nce tJle Colony is acting against
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  • 455 9 D. Company Win Championship Cup (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, June 12. The jmn.ua! athletic sports of the First Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, was held this evening and proved an unqualified success. Despite the wet ground several good times were returned in the field events, while
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  • 324 9 Tappers On Trans Krian Lose Six Days’ Wages Over 100 tapping coolies of the Trans Krian Estate, Province Wellesley, went on strike last week when they demanded the usual bonus for cleaning cups. They were given 24 hours’ notice to leave the Estate on Friday, after the Labour
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  • 435 9 Chinese Found Dead In Hotel CORONER 1 RESERVES VERDICT “To the next world of own accord suicide suicide to the next world.” These were the contents of a letter found on the coat of a Chinese, who was found dead in a room at a hotel in
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  • 78 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 13. Tragedy marred the cricket match between the Y.M.C.A. and the Sikhs in Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening, when Karan Singh, one of the Sikh players, was seized with a heart attack while batting and died before he could be
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    • 189 9 Tired -not at all I I'm taktyAI **l have found Sanatogen really marvellous. Under the trying conditions one has to live in this country, Sanatogen is a boon to those who are run-down," writes Mr. F.D 8.H., Motihari, Br. India Weakness, listlessness and fatigue will soon disappear after a short
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  • 1526 10 1937 Copper Output Should Exceed Consumption MODERATE INCREASES IN LEAD AND ZINC It seems certain that consumption of copper, lead and spelter is still growing, says the British Mptal Corporation in its review of base metal conditions for June. Prosperity is spreading: the rise in commouity
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  • 531 10 PENANG. JUNE 12, 1936. MEAT Cts. Beef Steak Kati 34 Stew or Curry do 24 Pork lean do 48 Pork lean fat Ist quality <To 36 Mutton (Goat) N. Indies local per lb. 50 Do Australian Do 45 Fowl Kat 28 Capons locally reared do 62 Hen do
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  • 363 10 TRONOH GROUP’S RESULTS A big increase in profits in 1936 in announced by several important tin-produc-ing companies. Tronoh Mines, Ltd., reports a profit, including income from investments, of £123,668, against £67.664 in the previous year, and in addition there is a surplus on the realisation of investments
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    • 138 10 Asthma Cause Killed in 24 Hours Thanks to the discovery of an American Physician, it now is possible to get rid of those terrible spells of choking, gasping coughing and wheezing Asthma bv killing the true cause which is Germs in the blood No more burning of powders, no more
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  • 212 11 ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS Australia’s cricket girls are out to bring off a Test double Four of the team were seen iiH play at Stevenage, Herts, as guest players in the match between Civil Service and Miss. Majorie Polla~d’s XI (Above) Flashing the ball
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  • 175 12 WOMEN’S CRICKET ENGLAND vs. AUSTRALIA One of the very rare occasions on which a woman commentator is heard in 8.8. C. programmes will occur in the Daventry broadcasts when the women cricketers of England and Australia meet at Northampton County Cricket Ground for the first of the three Test Matches
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  • SHIPPING NEWS AND MAILS
    • 515 12 S.s. ‘BEHAR’ for Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe Yokohama. S.S. ‘MALACCA MARU’ from Japan for Rangoon Calcutta. S.S. ‘DE WEERT’ from Belawan-Deli, Langsa, Lho-Seumawe, Sigli, Sabang, Olehleh, Tjalang, Meulalum, Tapatoean, Sinabang, Banjak-Eil, Singkel, Baros, Sibolga and Padang for Singapore. S.S. ‘BATAK’
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    • 223 12 Increased Participation By Foreign Lines Passenger traffic between Copenhagen and New York is attracting a number of foreign companies now that the service of tbe Danish America Line has been discontinued For some time the Gdynia America Line and the ships of the Moore and McCormack Co.,
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    • 143 12 A motor vessel with no rudder, which will be steered by its propellers, is being built on the Clyde to ply between Lymington on the English mainland, and Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight. At low tide the Lymington River becomes very narrow, which makes manoeuvring difficult
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    • 309 12 LATEST TIMES OF POSTING AIR MAIL A mail for Java and Southern Sumatra via Singapore and thence by K.N.T.L M Service will close at 7.30 p.m. today. A mail for Kenya, Tanganyika. Ugenda, Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Rhodesia. Nyasaland, South Africa, Nigeria and Gold Coast via
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1071 12 OUR RADIO PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSION 2 Tune in on the following wavelength»: 6.05 p.m.—Big Ben. Hadyn Heard TRANSMISSION 9 and Orchestra, from West End Cinema, a /<• at i Birmingham. Overture, Titus, (Mozart. oaß Me/B (U.»l -•> arr. Winter). Shepherd Fennel’s Dance GSG 77.79 Mo/3 (Gardiner).
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    • 369 12 NIROM VDC 15..5 Mc/s (19.8 m.) PMN 10.2 G Mc/s (39 3 <m-> TODA A St. m.• t a»,; 6.20 Merry recorded music. 6.50 Time signal. Recorded music. 7.50 Close down. 10.50 Opening announcement. 10.54 Light music. 11 30 Morning service. 11.JW» Time signal, weather report. Classical music. p.m. 12.20
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE TODAY HIGH LOW 4.25 p.m. 10.25 p.m TOMORROW 3.55 a.m. 11.00 a.m. 5.15 p.m. 11.14 p.m.
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  • 235 13 Ship Handed Over At Cowes The Polish destroyer Grom, one of the fastest and most heavily, armed warships of its type in the world, has been officially handed over to the Polish Republic by the builders. Messrs. J. Samuel White and Co, Ltd. Recently the Grom passed
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  • 214 13 Commission’s Scrap And Sale Policy June 2. The U.S. Maritime Commission has made known its policy regarding the future of the 188 ships remaining in the Government’s laid-up fleet. Vessels found by th'’ Commission from time to time to be of no commercial value, and not
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 371 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Vessels. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due (in conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang London m don A.werp M’borough June 18 July 19 Mars Ldon, R’dam, H’burg G’low June 25 July 22 3. CALCHAS L’don, R’dam, H’burg, Hull Swansea July 2
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    • 299 13 LINEB1 J— LL2—I=2:—— ii. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. LEAVE? Marseilles New York PENANG Arrive Arrive S.S. PRES. GARFIELD June 17 July 14 July 27 S.S. PRES. HAYES July 1 July 28 Aug. 10 S.S. PRES. MONROE July 15 Aug. 11 Aug. 24 I A wonderful opportunity to visit Cairo en
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    • 868 13 P&O (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. “RANCHI” SAILING THURSDAY, 17th JUNE Peninsular and Oriental S.N, Co., under! .Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Sn t d r t an ’^ar H Sui ffier^ erM,en S Sap re 18 reward, r™ SZS June •S/S "SOUDAN” J n!lv *1 SAIUINCS OF STEAMKRB
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 630 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES BERLIN PARIS DJB 15.20 Mc/s 19-7 m. TODAY DJN 9.54 Mc/s 31.45 m TPA-2. 15.24 me s (19.68 m.) p.m. DJE 17.76 Mc/s 16.89 ni. 6.20 Concert relay. DJQ 15.28 Mc/s 19.63 m. 7.05 Talk on French events (in Spanish). 7.20 News in English. OJA 9.56 Mc/s 31.38
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    • 146 13 PHOHI HOLLAND TODAY PHI 17.77 mc/s (16.88 m.) p.m. 8.20 Opening announcement. 8.25 News bulletin. 8.35 Songs. 9.00 Variety programme (gramophone records). 9.20 Sports commentaries. 9.40 Stocks reports. 9.50 Close down. TOMORROW PC.J 15 22 me s (19.71 m.) p.m. 4.50 Experimental programme. 6.20 Close down. PHI 17.77 mcls (16.88
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  • 971 14 Malaya Cup Thrilling Match At Alor Star V (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, June 12. Playing in grilling heat on the K.F.A. ground, Perak defeated Kedah by three goals to two in the northern section of the "Malaya Cup at Alor Star. Perak has, therefore, broken
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  • 1115 14 Two-Day Cricket Match With Penang Sports Club KNIGHT, HOPKINS AND CAMERON IN FORM TIME saved the Selangor Club from a big defeat at the hands of the Penang Sports Club in their two-day cricket encounter on the Esplanade, Penang, over the week-end, the game ending
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  • 235 14 To Win U.S.A. Open 'With 281 Michigan, June 13 Ralph Guldahl. with a record score of 731, today won the Open Golf Championhip of U.S.A. His last round of 69 made the hottest finish in the history of the tournament, enabling him to beat Manero’s 1936
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  • 170 14 Coronation Youngsters Beat South Kedah The Coronation Youngsters, Penang travelled to Sungei Bakap on Saturday and ilayed the Kedah Southern District team it soccer. A large crowd, which includ’d the District Officer of Nibong Tebal Mr. Mohamed Sheriff, saw the visitors win y two goals, both scored through
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  • 715 14 Jin lan And Yeow Teng’s Great Win In Doubles (By Our Badminton Correspondent) Junior badminton players were on top during the week-end when the first round matches in the Penang open championships were played at the Free School Hall. On Sunday. Tan Jin
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    • 129 14 Fiat Marvelette Wins! SHELL MOTOR OIL IS FACLUSIVELY RECOMMENDED by ESfIHB K fiat st in round-the-island Reliability Trial Over an arduous forty-four miles course of twisting, hilly I roads and passes on Penang island a Fiat Marvelette THUS driven by Madam Lee Beng Poli won first place in the recent
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  • 1043 15 FAVOURITES OBLIGE IN EARLY RACES Selangor Turf Club Meeting Concluded <l rom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 12. fhe Malayan and Course records for the 9 furlongs were twice smashed at Kuala Lumpur today, the concluding day of the Selangor
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  • 139 15 A bright knock of 44 runs not out by Cheah Kim Swee, and good bowling by the Penang State player, S. T. Stewart, and W. Williams, were the features of the cricket match between the Oki Xaverians* Association and the Butterworth Recreation Club played on
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  • 126 15 THOMSON’S 66 Birmingham. (Mich), June 12. Thomson 74-66, Guldahl 71-69. Walsh 70-70 and Dudley 70-70 tied for the lead with 140 each at the end of the second round of the United States Open Golf Championship. Thomson’s 66 has never been bettered in the
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  • 293 15 250 BOYS TAKE PART Smart drill displays were witnessed at Francis Light School ground on Saturday when about 250 boys took part in the drill and games competition of Penang and Province Wellesley Malay schools. Perak Road was adjudged the champion school and wrested the cup
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  • 296 15 GOAL VICTORY FOR SPORTS CLUB In a friendly game of soccer played on Saturday on the Esplanade, the Penang Sports Club defeated the Selangor Club by a solitary goal. The game was a dull affair, with plenty of mis-kicks. The home defence was sound. For the greater
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  • 29 15 —Reuter. Against New Zealand London, June 12. Robins has been selected to captain England in the first test match against New Zealand on June/ 26.-
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  • 114 15 BOWLERS’ DAY AT BL KIT MERTAJAM In a two-innings cricket match played on Saturday the Penang Free School beat the Bukit Mertajam High School by 39 runs, on the latter’s ground. Ismail Hashim, of the Free School, did well with the bat and ball; in the second innings
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    • 132 15 Should “Single” Whiskies be given away? <• The fine single whiskies,” said Johnnie Walker, which we use in blending Johnnie Walker are far too good to be given away—except in marriage. Good to start with, they are only blended (or married) after they 111 have lain long years in oak
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  • 114 16 TIN:- PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot £249.5.0 No market LONDON—(3 months) £248.5.0 No market SINGAPORE $123.25 $122,871 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $122.75 $122. BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sundried) 56.45 56.50 BLACK PEPPER $ll.OO $ll.OO RUBBER:LONDON 9, 5 d No market NEW YORK 18/«c(G) No market SINGAPORE-Spot 31? c
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  • 608 16 Excellent Tinies At K.L. RESTRICTION WORTH FOLLOWING BY fIC-TAC” The Selangor Turf Club Summer Meeting just concluded will long be remembered for the excellent times set up m nearly all the races, culminating, on the last day, in the course record for the 5M> furlongs being equalled
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  • 452 16 Premier And Chancellor On A Search Already Mr. Chamberlain, Sir John Simon, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Treasury officials, are hard at work to porduce the promised alternative to the N.D.C. Every effort is to be made to avoid delaying this section of the Finance
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  • 113 16 ondon on Previously Latest "ans llos} New York 4.93JJ 4.93- t V Vontreal 4.93? 4.93? Brussels 29.24 29.245 eneva 21.56 21.55 J msterdam 8.97.1 8.97« Lian 93? 92’ 'crlin 12.305 12.31? ockholm 19.395 19.39? Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 >c lo 19.90 19.90 'ienna 26 265 rague 141« 141« Msingfors
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 116 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER: Buyers Sellers. Amal. Malay 2.00 2.10 Brunei United 4.75 4.85 Indragiri 1.60 1.67? c Kempas 2.50 2.60 Ulu Pandan 1.55 1.65 c TIN:— A. Kumbang 35(6 36|6 Bangrin 22|3 23|0c Hong Fatts 1.25 1.28 Hongkong Tin 33|0 34|0 Idris 12|6 13(6 Jelapang 36|9 37(3 Johan 26!0 29,0
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    • 122 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TINS Buyers Sellers B. Selangor 1.67? 1.72? Hong Fatt 1.25 1.30 Jelebu 97? 1.02? Kuchai 1.57? 1.62? N. Taiping 85 87? Petalings 10.00 10.25 Rahman Hyd. 1.57? 1.62? Kantau Ordy. 1.67? 1.72? Rantau Pref. 1.67? 1.72? Taiping 85 87? Ulu Klang 1.22 j 1.27? Ampat 6'o
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    • 112 16 LEAN CO. j>j n Buyers Sellers Ampats 5|10? 6i3 Hong Fatt 1-26 130 Jelebus 98 1.02 K. Lanjuts 25|9 26|6 Katus 24(0 2416 Kuchais 1.60 1.65 Laruts 14(10? 15(3 Nawng Pets 80 85 Rahmans 1.60 1.65 Raubs 6.00 6.20cd Rantau Pref. 1.65 1.70 Renong Cons. 34 6 35,6cd R. T.
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    • 185 16 TIN:— Buyers Sellers Ampats 6|o 6(3 Ayer Hitams 28 9 29(9 Bangrins 21(3 21!9ex B. Selangors 1.68? 1.71 Burma Malay 29i0 29'9 Hong Fatts 1.26 1.28 Jelapangs 373 3719 Jelebus 97 99 K. Kamuntings 12 6 13,0 Kamuntings 14 3 15 0 K. Lanjuts 25 9 26|3 Kundangs
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    • 28 16 TIN Singapore $122.87 I|2 Per pkl. Penang $122.62 112 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 32 1 8c Per ib. Penang Spot 32 118 c Per Ib.
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    • 161 16 RUBBER Buyers Seller* TIN Bassetts 72? 77? Batu Lintang 1.721 1.37? Bedfords 1.22? 1.30 Bentas 1.32? 1.37* Brogas 971 1.02? M. Pindas 1.621 1.70 Mentakabs 45 47? Nyalas 1.10 1.15 Pa jams 2.00 2.10 S. Tukangs 1.271 1.321 Ulu Benuts 45 471 TIN:— /Ampats 61? 6 41 Ayer
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    • 118 16 London. June 12. RUBBER: (Friday) Firmer. Spot 9/ 1( buyers 92 sellers. Tuly/Sept. 9rt buyers 93 sellers. Oct./Dec. 93 buyers 9/. sellers. lan./Mar. 9/ buyers 9? sellers. New York 18.65 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 21.566 tons Liverpool. 23,925 tons 3OPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. June £17.0.0. ’’EI’PER
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 71 16 POSITIONS VACANT Medical Store requires a Junior Clerk Collector. Salary $3O(- per month. Security $250. Apply to Box No. 133 c|o Pinang Gazette. Leading English Insurance Company transacting most classes of business has vacancies on its field staff for capable men. Attractive terms of remuneration offered to right men. Previous
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    • 991 16 B AN K S NEDERLANDSCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ, (H IN A (Incorporated in England) N.V. Capital Authorised £3,000,0(>U (Incorporated in the Netherlands.) Capital Subscribed £1,800,00»/ Reserve Fund and Rest <' NETHERLANDS TRADING capital Paid u P £i,050,00n SOCIETY.) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Right Hon. Lord Catto of Caimcatto, Established in
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